The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-27 00:00:00

110NEI MARKET SHARE MARKETS—This day. 1 • AND ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Share l Railways. aid i Closing Business 'p '1 I'rioe. done. — 4" - -- CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: 13.14. Sir., Wol., and Str. Val. all - - at Wyllie and Tyne. - - A rather better demand 10 liost,Sleab and Mid Co 511 -- prevails to-day for st Bristol and Exeter ...; 100 86 98 money, but as the supplies of capital ate very at Caledo k a ni nd a ßandonn ... ..... .- 1 a OO 1241 1254 1231 5 50 iCor:I - - abundant, no material alteration has taken place in 20 Cornwall all 6 7 the rates charged for the best bills. to Do A A.. gets no diN i all - - 10 Do. B all - - There were no bullion operations at the Bank till lip c.p an.has been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 32 1 4 Yesterday. 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab, Juno. all 16 17 No material change occurred in the foreign at. i ! ii : l t a t w nha a rfft d t & Gl as go w. e,i 100 8. 91 11 9 2 114 113 IV rr lOO exchanges yesterday afternoon. st Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 47 48 47 1 at Ditto A stook - - Since Monday last the imports of specie have at Ditto East Anglian st 100 7 74 amounted to £312,280, and the exports to £514,600. at G r re " a t t ic ri o o r r t i ll i o e f r . n S co tla n d 100 - - 00 131 1 133 Au important purchase has just been completed et Do A stook .. • • lOO 146 148 1461 4 st Do BdO through Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson,M'Kenna, and et Gt. S. and W. of Irelan,, 100 90 92 s at Gr i Lat s l i y r e i s t r i r g n u . s ... .. 100 €B l 60 , Co., Financial Agents of London and Manchester. 140 6 0 . 1: 100 1 -.‘ - 4 The agreement has been signed for the transfer of :t L o an n eashire ._l5 Yorkshire 100 1 1161 1161 1105 the iron and coal works and properties of Messrs. el . I:m.17411,1 1 Z kcwma„l 1001 ' 10. 6 4 c iL at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 40 12 Bolckow and Vaughan, at Middleborough,lWilton. t Lon. ,& Norf - h Western 100 116 2161 116 1 Park, Eaton, White Lee, Woodfield, Skeldon, at Lon. & Scr.th Western 100 98 19 98 4 West Auckland, and other places in Yorkshire and ats rl a ar n y ” p B o h rral 4 d! Carlisle. l'inin. 1 ;1 0 1 6 S - " 054 Durham. Upwards of nine thousand persons are alt 4 hl to o t p s o h i t a t can all - - all 1121 1134 113 employed at the various works. The whole of the at Midland - Do New prop e rties and stock are taken by valuation. The a t D o Bi nn i ng. & Derby 100 106 108 estimated total purchase money will amount to %) aitt o ..G i t s . h W ar . e o s f Ireland all it - - - about £1,500,000. The capital of the new corn- .. all - 12 15 0 : North 311 dolie British en Ken t f e all - - pally has been fixed at £2,500,000 in 25,000 shares 100 544 654 . of £lOO each. The vendors take £400,000 of the at Edin ,Perth, & Dundee 100 254 '466 at Nth. Eastern-Berwici. 100 1034 1061 106 capital in 8,000 shares with £5O paid up, 26 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 - - a at Do Leeds lOO 64 66 and agree that no dividend shall be paid on at Do York suela shares, unless an average dividend equal to sett North London 100 - - London 100 126 129 108 per annum for five years be paid to all the other 10 Do New ..... shareholders. A deposit of £2O 000 has been paid, northl9.l6.l' Stdshire 1U d Sa ff ordunction all 104 11 and a further sum of 1230,000 will be paid in at Scottish Central January next, when possession will be given to the 86 t So lt l'a."lilirde.rs•tosolcis 100 10 30 41 new company. The remainder of the capital will I s O t l g l h i r r o ew s s ii i a r n e d u lLe o l u ohp oo 1a,;(1i 57 6 - 9 be subscribed privately, three.fourthe of it being et ! Dev0n.....- •• • 100 35 17 st south Wales .• • 100 871 881 874 already taken. The gentlemen who are concerned et mouth Wales 100 - - in the negotiation of this purchase, and who will be at !se aork. and River Dun 100 101. 103 20 Ines,Wok.,andWok all 7 8 requested to act as provisional directors, are Messrs 25 'Stockton & Darlington all 36 37 Benjamin Whitworth, John Cheetham, Alderman 2 ,g f o o New,lB6G l2 8 919 104 114 i p Pochin, James Holden, and George Wood, at Taff Vale lOO 165 170 10 Do B 8 6 7 t 10 Do C 3 3 4 p TWO O'CLOCK. 60 Ulster - - 25 Do - - O At Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's 12.101 Do of 54 - - 100 101 103 telegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 661, 35c. 6 8 1 I . 'l3 c l t e orl N as e t a a !h and pins 100 - - Firm. at ,Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - at (West Cornwall lOO 34 30 There is a continuance of the recent dulness in at W. Hartlepool Har.&ll lOO - - at West Midland -Oxford 100 - -- the Stock Exchange, and the Funds appear to be st 1)0 Newport 100 - - the only security most affected. The daily opera- at D o Hereford 100 - - Cons in Consols are of such a trivial character as to , . fail, in the absence of investors, to influence prices BRITISH POSSESSIONS. More than 1-16 per cent. at a time, and such move. Closing Ments as these are very seldom reported. Console !b!'" Railways Paid. Price. Business don 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 58 60 — are now 881 89k for money, and 89k 1 for the Sk 1 Bom.,Baroda6r.Centlnd 100 101 102 1014 account. The New Threes are 88 1 *, and the gu. 5 perce n t... 20 Do. New . 8 - - Reduced Annuities 864 4 ; Exchequer Bills, 20s. 20 Do. E. Shares 74 i dis p to 15s. dis. ; and India 5 per Cents., 103 f 104. 204 Iluttalo and L axe ll urou a ll o 51 10 Do. Preference In the Foreign Market there is also very little ;no 1 6 1 3 p u . ff o a i l . o, l l ) 3 d r s an2G 7dr B iei ! , _ iOO 75 80 business, and prices are steady. Turkish 6 per % 0 0 1)o. do. Jul; 1, 187:, 100 75 80 Cents., 1862, are 691 '701; do. Consolides, 501 4 ; at ge • utta d . o a • Sla u s n t e n. l 4 l .ll 7 , ' ig ( o 9 717 80 99 Mexican, 281 Z-; do. New, 254 264; Greek, 231 fi ; ateck (I;:talgoilvenng.tall) gu. g c p r i if 100 102 9 10 4 Spanish Passive, 304 31k; do. Certificates, 134 4; stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 101 102 1014 1 , Portuguese, 471 4 ; and the Confederate Loan, 20 Do.l°* do. d W i le t : ** :: Vi 104 Zgl 774 784. . stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 19 2) 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 71 73 In the Railway Share Market the operations too Do. do. deferred all 60 63 have been on a very limited scale, and prices have 100 Do. o. 2 d d o. l d 'r e e ie f. rr ß e o d n . ds g a ll 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 Of not varied to any important extent. Lancashire and 1 4 0 ) (: ) 13g: do. P de e f f e • r s r t e o •• • all 43 V Yorkshire have declined 4; Midland has improved N stock o Do. 4th Prof. Pref. .• ••• all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred....., all 26 28 1; and South Eastern has receded I. stook Gt.lndiaPenin.gus..sp.o 100 102 103 1024 In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there 20 Do. New gun. sp. a l2 par 11 , I 1862 .. has been no change of importance. stook G - Do. January, t. South.of India (-- - - Lim Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain dull, 201 G t g . nr o r& n ed a s c ileg a e r n e t s . l a o l o l 99 1 0 0 1 91 Without any quotable change as regards values. 20 Do. New .. • 18 101 101 s; 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 89 91 ----- 100 Do. 54 o. do. '77-8 all 82 84 BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICE S . l o Indian Branch Limited 2 i d io GOVERNMENT FUNDS. stook Madras. guar., sp. o. 3 per Cent. Consols stook De. 41 d 0........ 100 89 01 Do Account, Ang. 8 - - 3 per Cent. Reduced BBl 5 stook Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds. 100 - - New 3 per Cent. BBl 60 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 68 CO New 25 per Cent. Jan. 1894 725 100 Do. 7 p.c. Mortg. Bds. all - - Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 - to Newßrunswick & Cando Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th J an., 1880 - Class A. and B. ... all 3 6 Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 - N.Rl.C'daB pc Ist 1 bds 100 82 84 stook Soinde ...... -.. (100 BM 1015 1004 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 - stock Do. Delhi ...: 1100 994 1004 March. June. 10 Do. do . .... ' 6 9; 1 2 4d par Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3& 35 per Cent. 15 20 st Do. Punjaub .... )td c_. '1 all 9.11 1001 100 991 10111 Do £500 - - - Do £lOO and £2OO - stook Do. Indus.SL Flo.) k 100 95 97 , Bank England Stk, 54 per Ct. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Do Account.. - INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.J a %Willy India Stock, 104 per Cont., April 1874 2lO - 1877-s4 ~ ............ 100 96 99 Do Account - - Do. ap. c. Feb.& Aug. 100 96 99 Do 5 per Cent. July, 18 7 9 .... - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 98 102 - Do. 6p. a. Jan.&July. lOC 84 86 Do Account - - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 84 86 Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 - - Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1873 100 104 106 Do Certificates - Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do Account _ Do. 1800 100 109 111 - - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 101 Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) - - Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Do 45 pet Cent. - - Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 103 105 Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .... --•- Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. 130 104 107 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. ...., - N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 97 100 Do 64 per Cent., May, 1879 - - Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 - N. S.W. 1, ov. 5 p c.,186t 100 96 98 Do Bonds 41,000 l5 -.Do. sp. e.,18r1 to 1.76 100 96 98 -. Do. d0.,1888 &upwda 100 96 98 98 Do under £l,OOO - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 - - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. _ stoning, 1875 Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .••••• ••••• Queensland Gm 6p. C. 100 101 104 Brazilian 5 er Cent - - S. Aus G6p.e. 1873. & up.. 100 105 107 p lo 0 p Do 45 per Cent., 1852-58-60 - iVic.Gov. 6 p.o. Ja.&J u ly 100 - 'Do. .a. An.&Oos.. 100 109 110 1001 I I Do 1863 .. .. - Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent - BRITISH MP.; Bs. Chili= 6 per Cent, - Do 44 per Cent - 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold i I i d Colombian 6 per Gent BO - tAillord Amalgamated . 1 580 590 ' - 30 32 Cuba 6 per Cent. - Devon G. Cona.lTavi_ , - at:) - East Bassett (Ilio, an).. 80 67 69 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 - East Clogau Gr a d Ltd.. __ A Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent - - East Caradon Do, Provisonal Land Warrant. -- East Cana •,0 ~ 'Area.- 3.4.0 71 71 Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 - - E. g' - ' 1 - .meet (Tavistk.) 8.13.0 5 64 Do 4 per Cent, 1863 - 9, an"''.st.Aubyn(Gwen , 584 5 7 102/ - ,k. 11.3 '. South Tolgus.... 17a 2 24 Egyptian 7 per ,Cent .. -.- 1 0, ,- tcheal Vor (Helston 40 27 . 29 Do, Second Issue - I",renville . Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. - - fiend's-Foot ...... ..... 8.12 18 40 40,111 Do Account .... - Hingston Downs 4.18,0 31 41 - Do Coupons - Lady Bertha 12.8,6 - - Do Account....... ,.., - - Niarc,raret Wily Lelant, 94 7 9 Guatemala 6 per Cent. - - narke Valley.. Do 1839 and 1859 - 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim.) 24 It 1 6 - New Seton l9l 75 85 Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) - -- North Downs 3 14 11 Mexican 3 per Cent .... ...... - N.Wh'l, Basset allozan 3.1.0 2 24 Do Account - North Wheal Crotty .. 2.6.9 3 31 Do 1864 - - l'ar Consols (St. Blaze); - - - Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c.. - - Vrovidencealny Lelnt.,llo 0.7 40 42 Do 6 per Cent. Angle-French - die - South earadon(St.Cleer, l 14 480 500 - S. earn Brea (Illogan).. - - - Ditto Scrip, £23 paid .. - - S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan, ' 8 18.9 425 471 Moorish Imperial 6 per Cent . Stray, Park New Granada .. - - i famar Silv.& Lead Min. - - - Do 2 per Cent. •••• •••.... -- ' fin Croft 9 181 194 Do Deferred - - \Vest, Basset (Illogan).. 14 8 5 9 0 Do Land Warrants (Rectal • - - WCF radon (Liskeardl 9 94 104 es) - West Soton Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., . April 1861.. '_ - IWheal Basset (Mogan) 54 92 25 --Do do u g., 1866.... - Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 10 18 20 Peruvian 45 per Cent - , - , Wheal Kitty(U.Lelant) 2.0.6 - - Do 3 per Cent. (Cribarrei 1) - - WhealLudcott ........ 3.5.8 14 2 Do 41 per Cent., 1862 .. - - Wheal Mary Ann ;Men.) 8 14 16 Do Account - Wheal 3eton 5Bl 215 220 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 186 3 - - I Wheal Trelawne,y (Lis.) 7 19 21 Do Account' .• • - I Wheal Union 4 14 2 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Rhart Railways Paid. Price. Business don( - 100 Atlantic &St Laivl*mm all 58 60 — 1 Bona , ~Baroda6r.Centl= Sk 100 101 102 1011 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New . 8 20 Do. E. 71 1 i dis p 20k Butlalo and Laxeiturou all a 5k 10 Do. Preference ;00 I Suffalo,Brant,&Godrieh 100 75 80 t 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187. 100 Do. do. July 1, 187:, 100 75 80 ;00 Do. do. June 1, 187; 100 75 SO st Clcutta.aS.Eastn.(Lin, 100 97 99 99 st Cape Town I:, Dock Scrii 100 94 96 steck Ewan. Bengal gu. op. 100 102 104 Stook East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 101 102 1011 20 Do. do. G Ext 2O 191 104 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 19 2) 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred all 60 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus., all 65 67 661 100 Do. do. deferred all 55 57 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock WO Do. do. deferred.. all 43 45 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred....., all 26 28 stook Gt.lndlaPenin.gua.sp.o. 100 102 103 1021 20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 par 4p Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 99 101 SOI I Gt. W. ot Canada Shares all 91 10 9f 20 Do. New . lB 101 101 s; 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 89 91 100 Do. 5} p. c. do. '77-8 all 82 84 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 f d stook Madras guar., sp. o. 994 1004 stook Do.ll p. o. Extension 100 93 95 stook Dc. 41 do lOO 89 01 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 stook Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds lOO 60 Melb. & Hobson's Bay all 68 (0 100 Do. 7p. C. 81ortg. Bth all !0 Newßt unswick & Canda Class A and B. N.Rl.C'daB po Ist t bds 100 82 84 stock Soinde (100 1001 1 1011 1001 stock Do. Delhi 1 100 994 1004 10 Do. do ' 2 Id par st Do. Punjaub 1 all 9.) 1001 100 992 1001 Do. Do. ,tt , stook Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 1100 95 97 , COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.J &July 1877-S1 100 96 99 Do. Cp. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 96 90 Do. 6p. 0. Mar. & Sept 100 98 102 Do. Sp. o. Jan.&July. 10C 84 86 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 84 86 Cape G.Hopc, e p 0,1873 100 104 106 Do.lp & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1890 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 109 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 103 105 Natal Gov. 6 per cont.. 130 104 107 N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July 100 97 100 o.Ap N. S.W. G . Gov . 6 p c.., 86t 100 96 98 Do. sp. 0.,1871 to 1976 100 98 98 Do. d0.,1888 Atupwde 100 96 98 98 —. New Zealand 6 p cent,. 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. ster'ing, 1875. m lO9 99 1 1 0 0 2 4 Queensland G 6p. 100101 S. Aus G6p.c.1673.& up lOO 105 107 - IVIc.Gov. 6 p.o. Ja.&July 100 - 'Do. 10 60.0. Ana Got.. 100 109 110 1091 4 4 - Do Account o • • Do 3 per Cent., 1866, '7,'•9, '6O, 62,'3.. Do Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £. at — Do 4i per Cent., 1850 - .. Do 1860 , — Do 3 per Cent 1859 ~ ..., — Do 5 per Cent, 1862.... Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £4O paid . —pm Sardinian 5 per Cent ..... Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent ..... — Do Account . — Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive .. — Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not fuiadfid — tDo Account . l3} 113 / Swedish, 4 per Ce n t Do Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 .. — Do Acc0unt........... Do 6 per Cent. 108 ... . — Do Account .......... # ... 72/ Do cioo Bonds ..•,.. Do 6 per Cent. 1862. — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do _ . 1863 : --. Do Guaranteed, 4 — Venezuela 3 per Cont. ...... : _Do Account.... Do 6 per Cent., ),862 Do Account .... 57h 6a 7i Do Scrip 145 p lid Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Do Account. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2/ per Cent., Ex. 12 Gui! Do 4 per Cent. Certificates —.. 198 Italian, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs Do Account 661 French Reutes, 2 per Cent Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4f per Ct. Ex. 4s. Piedinontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money Do Account • Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Rather firmer. Sales probably 5,000 bales. Hors.--The fiat two pockets of new Sussex hops crown by Mr William Kemsard, of Newick, arrived at market yesterday, consigned to Messrs. Pgttenden and Smith, and were sold by them at £7 lOs per cwt. to Mr S. M. Hopkins, of Three Crown-square, Borough, and NY or nester. PREFERENCE SHARES. North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 14 North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, B 8 per cent., 321 Ditto, 8 p.r cent.4C, 321 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS, Great Eastern 41 per cent. pf., Ditto, new 5 per cent. pf, 7 FOREIGN RAILWAYS;; Dutch Rhenish,lllB/ Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 36 bau l'auto zua. 7 per cent., 10 Ditto, (all), 18* 1 FOREIGN MINES; Yuda4amutana of S. Australia, lirn., 21 Alliance (lim.). 61} Anglo Austrian, 7} Anglo-Italian, lira., 5} Australasia, 74} 31 Bank of Egypt,_276 Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., 12} Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 37 al Consolidated Bank, lira., 101 Continental, Bin., 156 En glish, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 201 Enropean Bank, lira., 131 14 Imperial Bank of china, India,:and Japan, lira., 61 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., London and County, 73} 4 Midland Bank (lira.), 214 Scin de, Punjaub, and Delhi, lira., 12/ South Eastern, UM., 81 9 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Consolidated Discount, lira., 71 1 Contract corporation, lira., 21 Credit Foncier of Mauritius, lira„ Credit Mobithr, 12* Egyptian Com. and Trading, Um., 31 Electric Telegraph, 105* Fore-street Warehouse, Urn., 61 Gen, Credit and Finance of London, Rm., 61 Ilitrnber Iron Works, 8i Imperi.l Mercantile Credit A sso., lira., 81 International Financial r'ociety, lira., 91 * London Financial Association, 11w., Ditto, new, it) National Discount Company, lira., 14 14 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 801 West India and Pacific Steam, lira., 13 BARON MAROCTIETTT, it appears, is now in Glas gow arranging the eitc of the Albert monument to bo erected there. THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.--We are sorry to announce that his Grace the Duke of Newcastle ex perienced a slight re!apse on Friday last, but happily not of a nature to seriously alarm his many friends. His Grace has S i nce b ee n gradually improving. The Earl and Countess of Lincoln arrived at Clamber on Saturday last. We under stand preparations are making for the permanent residence at Clutnber of the Hon. Lady Susan, widow of the late Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, and only daughter of the noble dake,—.4Yottinghana journal. LAW INTELLIGENCE.---This Day, COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Mr Commissioner Fano was the commissioner of the day and sat in chambers, there being no oases in the list. IN RE PAUL BEDFORD. This gentleman, whose name is popular, applied a few days sine's for protection under a petition in bankruptcy, and protection was granted. The preliminary statement now filed in court shows debts to the amount of £252 only, and the bankrupt attributes his failure to having become liable on a bill of exchange for the accommodation of his son. The amount is not stated, nor the amount of assets, as the full accountsare not required until before 10 clear days before the last examination, which has not yet been appointed, the 13th Sept., at eleven, being appointed for choice of assignees. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COWARDLY ASSAULTS ON FEMALES.--• John Thomp son, at No 5, Kilman-square, Kilburn, described as a com mercial traveller, was charged before Mr Knox with assaulting two young women named Caroline Knight and Ellen Davis, at the Anglesea tavern, Haymarket. Caroline Knight said she went into the Anglesea tavern, Haymaket, that morning, shortly before one, when she saw the prisoner strike a female. She made a remark, by way of expostulation, to the prisoner, when he struck her in the eyo with a stick and also cut another female across the mouth with the stick. The prisoner then made his escape into a stable in Anglesea-yard, and on his leaving it at 3 o'clock she gave the prisoner in charge. In answer to Mr Knox, the constable who took the pri soner into custody (Connell, 192 C), said the complainant Davis was not in attendance. She had been hurt a good deal. The prisoner said he was extremely sorry, but ho was inebriated at the time. Mr Knox asked what the females were. Connell said they were prostitutes. Mr Knox said that prostitutes the females might be, but the prisoner had no right to assault them. He considered the prisoner had behaved in a very cowardly manner, and intoxication was no excuse for crime. He should fine the prisoner £5, or in default, a months imprisonment. A TROUBLESOME CHARACTER. Jane Clarke, an elderly woman, who has been en many occasions very troublesome to the police, was charged before Mr Knox with begging and using abusive language towards Mr Ferdinand Swift, 94, Princes-street, Hanover-square. Mr Swift said at an early hour this morning the prisoner asked him for alma in Princes-street. He gave her a half penny, that being all the change he had, when she set to abn,ing him in the foulest manner. He then gave her into custody. George Thorpe, 88 C, proved hearing the prisoner make use of very foul language towards Mr Swift. James Fryer, officer of the Mendicity Society, said he had known the prisoner as an incorrigible beggar for about 15 years, and she had been convicted at several police-courts. The prisoner said she had a few articles for sale, and it was hard an honest person could not live without being interfered with. The constable said the prisoner had not got anything for sale. Mr Knox committed her fora month, and as she was leaving the dock she threw up hei eyes and exclaimed "Thank God, we shall meet in heaven Bon►.e day." TIIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1864. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. There was a fair attendance at the Subscriptions Rooms to-day, but the business done was limited. and confined ex elusively to the St. Lager. sto 2 was offered on the field, and taken to £2OO about Blair Athol. In other respects betting was unimportant. Closing prices : ST. LEGER, 5 to 2 agst Blair Athol (taken and offered) 5 to 2 agst General Pcel (take 3to 1 freely) 12 to 1 agst Miner (wanted) 20 to 1 agst Ely (offered) 100 to 3 Knight of Snowdon (wanted) 100 to 3 agst Breeze (offered) 40 to 1 agst Master Richard (wanted) 50 b 1 agst Vanquisher (taken) 100 to 1 egst Calista colt (taken and wanted) The Deterioration of Racehorses, (From the Sporting Gazcite.) Those who mourn over the past glories of British racers, should at least take care to arm themselves at all points be fore they provoke retorts. In another column, we give a narrative of the life and doings of Hambletonian, a horse who was never fairly beaten; and as against whom, there fore, we may reasonably take the strongest ground as the un d ou bted champion of his day. W e doubt not that most of our readers have imagined — first, that he ran over all sorts of courses during a long and punishing career ; next, that he carried weights at which these degenerate days may look with mingled awe and wonder; and thirdly, that the competitors who strove to wrest from his honoured brow the laurel of victory were as might reasonably be ex pected through such a long career, almost countless. The stern page of history dispels, we regret to say, nearly every illusion under these several heals. In five long years, the season beginning in March and ending in October, Hambletonian ran but 17 times, and six out of these were practically matches. He never ran heats, for which, even at this distant date, we may be permitted to rejoice; and the distances which he had to cover varied from "Across the Flat" to four miles ; and with respect to this, it may be observed that the Leger course, which is now rather longer than it was then, is stated as being two miles. This may, perhaps, lead to some wholesome distrust of " times" and distances in the records of ancient performances. In the next place, Hambletonian never carried crushing weights. At three years old, he carried Sat and Eist 21b, in stead of the Bst 101 b of the present day ; and this over a mile and a half, or a so-called two mile course. In the Doncas ter Cup he carried sst 101 b ; only 31b more than two year olds are now set to carry in the Feather Plate; and we should not like to undergo the torment which the authori ties would receive at the hands of all sp or ti ng writers, our selves included, if they proposed to reduce the weight which the winner of the Leger should carry in the Doncas ter Cup from 7st 71b to Get, which would be a corresponding reduction. Well might the lamenters then raise a wail at the manifest tendency of such a course of legislation to de teriorate the British racehorse. The highest weight he ever carried in his life was Bst 10Ib, and this at seven years old. In the race for the Craven Stakes, at Newmarket, he car ried Bst 91b A. F. Thirdly, the horses against which Hambletonian ran were fow in number. Several he met twice or three times, and the account before us makes out that out of the 54 losers, whom it discloses, there are only 38 different horses. Be this as it may, it is abundantly clear that it is easier, for instance, to frighten away 7 out of 12, and beat the remain ing . 4, than it is to perform a corresponding feat with 250 b and 30 or 40 starters ; and this remark applies a Derby, Oaks, and Leger winners, whom he severally defeate,2. . as to himself. Diamond, indeed, to whom he is gave w 31b a s u s s wellcr api „^ars to have been a fair average horse ; h bought out of Hambletonian's price only, son lyxsoo, stable; in matches, whicl: supply the clue to merit which handicaps do now, he nenb.. ll Y figures but moderately; and, taking the last match made :or him as a specimen, he receives a year and 71b froo another named Warter, And it may also be not u,: reasonably in ferred—from the fact that, although h e h a d only beaten some hall dozen animals, ti:eY laid 3 to 3. on him .at York, and 6 to 4 on him for the St. Xeger—that his oppo:ients were not first-rate. _ _ . Now, the nineteenth century man may fairly ask whether such overwhelming superiority has been proved. Thor manby ran, if we remember right, thirteen times as a two year old againk all sorts of horses, and won the Derby also, almost before the age at which Hambletonian had appeared in public—at any rate, before he did anything great; and if it be remarked, "so much the worse for our present system," it may be replied, " Yes, that may be so, but the point now at issue is, whether the animal him. self is diminished in size and power, not whether all is got out of him by us which might be." It is what logicians call ignoratio elenchi which would thus shift the true issue. Thoulauby, again, carried in the Aoeot Cup 211 b. more than he would have had in 1776, according to the then scale of weights. Even in matches, the winner of the past year's Leger carried 7st 71b as a four year old in the September following I—while this very day Blair Athol is made to carry a weight which Hambletonian never carried in his life, and at an age when the latter laboured under 171 b less. We think, therefore, except upon the point of time, that the allegations of the calumniators of our pre sent race of horses are sufficiently made out to lack suffi cient reliable grounds for their assertions. But is the time more trustw ort hy? No watches , no starters' fiaga, courses almost invariably i nco rrectly mea sured, and exaggerated in distance, Ilk.: that at Doncaster. These aro the materials out of which repor: :' wonderful feats, contradictory and inconsistent, are to bb manufac tured, to be handed down, not in the pages of the CaL l udarr or by official records, but by the uncertain tradition .."`f father to son. The performance of Firetail is now pro perly given us ae fabulous, but it rests upon equally sure testimony with those of Childers and Company. May not they, also, be fallible witnesses ? In justice to Flying ChilderS, however, we ought to correct an error in the artiele,whieh appeared in the last Quarterly Review. The "Round Course" was then 3 miles 6 fur. 93 yards. In 180 G it was " destroyed, and the new one not finished," which entry appears for several succeeding Calendars. All mention of it then disappears until 1818, when it reappears, figuring, as now, at 3 miles 4 fur. 187 yards. Even this, however, does not prove that the time taken is correctly represented. _ . We shall turn to this topic again, and shall hope to prove to demonstration that the old time is no better than the new; and the last brick of the edifice being then removed, breeders may take comfort in thinking that it is not true that they alone have stood still, that whil e every other domestic artanimal and hasevery doe science cred have t to attempt advanced, t theyimprovement, every alone have con trived to spoil the treasure whi c h na ture has given us, and -- ruin she noblest legacy which our f o refathers' industry has handed clown to the present d ay . a The Destruction of kr, floxwell's Balloon at Leicester. A. meeting convened by the mayor, Mr G. Baines, was held in the Town-hall, Leicester, on Wednesday evenings for the purpose of considering the propriety of entering into a subscription to mitigate the loss which Mr Coxwell had suffered in the destruction of his balloon at the late Fore• tere' demonstration on the Leicester race course. The Mayor presided. In opening the proceedings his worship said he felt desirous of giving the inhabitants of Leicester an oppor tunity of expressing their opinions upon the matter, and determining what should be dose to remove the stigma which he feared at present rested upon the town. He th ou ght their present business was to see how far they could assist Mr Coxwell in his loss without entering minutely into the causes of tho disturbance, or endeavouring to ascertain w ho was most to blame. But while from his position he felt anxious that some restitution should be made, he knew that Leicester had been subjected to most gross misrepresenta tion upon the matter, and most foul and dastardly attacks had been made upon the i nhab itants through certain reports or articles in the Louden papers. Mr Councillor Crossley moved a resolution to the effect that the meeting regretted the outrage which had been perpetrated upon Mr Coxwell, and without o ff ering any, opinion as to where the blame ought to rest, it proposed to enter into a subscription towards making up the loss. Mr Alderman E. S. Ellis seconded tha motion. Mr T. Emery said he sympathised with the object of the meeting, but thought they should be careful how the town under the presidency of the Mayor might happen to endorse by any act the vile representations which had gone forth to the country. He thought the resolution should be more distinctly worded, so as to repudiate any necessary committal of the town to the act of demolition through the fact of its subscribing towards the loss. They need not then recount all the circumstances which had brought about the disgraceful act, but it was known that Mr Coxwell had attempted to ascend out of a crowd of thousands of persons, and that the bad blood which had been manifested towards him had been imported into the town. Bat he (Mr Emery) protested against the assumption of the London press, that it was the working classes who were alone chargeable with this violence, and that as a consequence they must be kept from the exercise of political power. For Mr Coxwell had most distinctly stated in his published letters that the originator of false reports on the ground was a "professional gentleman," and that another of the principal disturbers was one who paid his three guineas for a seat in the car, and consequently belonged to the privileged orders, And yet the working classes were to be denied their rights because of this badly managed fete, in which all classes were to blame. But Leicester people could better bear to be called felons even, than they could endure the insinuation that they were fouls. But on account of this balloon affair they had been designated as something windy and frothy. He thought that was a reflection upon the mayor and all the distinguished gentlemen who held office and gave character to Leicester. Several members of the Order of Foresters having expressed a desire to take part in the subscription, the resolution was put and carried unanimously. A committee having been formed to carry out the object, the en Ling separated on a vote of thanks to the mayor, WESTMINSTER. PICKPOCKETS AT THE HORTICULTURAL GARDENS....- Thoreas Dempsey, a young man fashionably dressed, was placed at the bar before Mr Ingham, charged with attempt ing to pick pockets at the Horticultural Gardens, South Kensington. 'William Bell, 281 B, said that at 20 minutes to 6 o'clock on the previous evening he was on duty in plain clothes on the terrace of the gardens, when he observed the prisoner and a youth by whom he was accompanied whose conduct attracted his attention. He saw them plunging into the midst of the crowd, and watched therh. Prisoner went up to a lady in a black silk dress and put his right hand into her pocket. He was covered partially by his companion, notwithstanding which witness saw that prisoner's hand was empty when he withdrew it. Prisoner then changed his position, and, screened by his companion, tried another lady's pocket without success. He next walked to the centre entrance, and placing himself by the side of an elderly lady, put his hand in her pocket and withdrew it closed, and witness then seized him, while a fellow officer inquired whether the lady had lost anything, and during that time bis companion escaped. The lady said she did not miss anything from her pocket. Mr Ingham—Do you know anything of the prisoner ? Witness—l believe he was in custody on the 4th of May, 1861, for picking pockets at the Volunteer Review in Hyde Park, and had three months' hard labour. Prisoner—l deny every word he says ; I dont know any thing about ladies' poelzote. Ha says there was another with me, why did he take me alone—why didn't he take him as well ; if wo were doing this why should I only be here—it ain't right. Mr Ingham—The ofaler says he believes you have been in custody before. Prisoner—There is not a word of truth in it. Mr Ingham—Well, now we'll see about that; I shall re mand you for a week, and then we shall see whether you are known, and it will give time for inquiries. THAMES. STEALING GOODS IN TRANSIT —IMPORTANT PROSE CUTION.—AIfred Hunter, carman, aged 19, of No. 2, Red lead-lane, Wapping, and Alfred Ellie, confectioner, 35, were brought up on remand before Mr Partridge, charged, the first with stealing, and the other with receiving, well knowing it to be stolen, lowt. 3 quarters 91b. of indigo, valued at £4O. Mr Sleigh, barrister, defended Ellis. The prosecutor in this case is Mr Thomas Anastasio Raphael, colonial merchant, of Winchester—buildings, City, and indigo merchant, of Old Ford, Bow. On Wed nesday last Hunter received directions to proceed to the factory at Old Ford, and bring away 29 cases of indigo, which were to be conveyed to the goods station of the Great Northern Railway Company in Crutched-friars, for conveyance to Liverpool, In consequence of alarm ing deficiencies in cases of indigo which Hunter carted on previous occasions, and on one to the extent of £5O, a communication was !Lade to Inspector Honey of the K division, at the Bow station, who deputed Lewis Lambert, a police-constable, No. 311 K, to watch the proceedings of Hunter, who received eight cheats of indigo only at Old Ford. He was to deliver those at the railway station and return for 21 more. Instead of proceeding direct to Crutched-friars, he drove his horse and van a very cir cuitous route by the Victoria-park gate, Hackney, Bethnal green, Hackney-road, and other places, to Whitechapel and ohwled proceeded hni nohgleesgates alteot eptspo stopped confectioner,bl E o i Gloucester-street, st , n 8 a ris to t eese premises t premises,i G ee wloe n Com mercial-road Glou cester-street, 12 e f e s t he r t Stepn ey. r ia . prison er s i- t r r oea East, e t l.e The h w Ellis,thene f e immediately opened, one of two men who accompanied Hunter carried a sack of indigo, which he took off the van, into Ellis's workshop. Hunter took a second sack of in digo off the van and carried it into the same place. The van was then driven away to the Goods Station by Hunter. Previous to his arrival there Lambert waited on the clerks and requested them to weigh the indigo, when it wax delivered. They did so, and there was a deficiency of 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 9 lbs., valued at £lO. The plunder had been going on by extracting indigo from the cases during the long drive by two men, confederates of the prisoners. Lambert afterwards proceeded to the premises of Ellis in Gloucester-street and saw him and his wife. He asked Ellis if he had taken in any indigo, to which he replied I have not. Lambert instantly searched the place and found two sacks of indigo covered with old sacks " under a sort of counter." The weight was exactly 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 9 lb., and it, as identified by Mr Raphael's clerks as his property. Lambert asked Ellis how he accounted for the indigo, and he said he was not at home when it was delivered, and that a carman named Watson, whose waggon broke down, left it there and intended to return for it. Lambert said the indigo is stolen property, and I shall take you into custody. The hands, dress, and face of Ellis were all over indigo blue, and it was plain he had been meddling with indigo. The constable believed that £5O worth of Mr Raphael's indigo, stolen by Hunter, had found its way to the premises of Ellis on a former occasion. _ _ Tho defence set up by AiiSleighfOr Ellis was that the indigo was left on his premises in his absence. He also said Ellis was a respectable man, and had been a manu facturer of confectionery articles for the trade for many years. Inspector Honey asked for another remand. Mr Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week. He refused bail for either, and said his oolleague, Mr Paget, had also refused bail on Thursday last. What does the new popular Paris ory, "Eh! Lambert I" mean ? asks the _Reader. Is it political, or what? As to the story of the farmer and his wife visiting Paris for the first time, and the latter, getting separated in the crowd from her husband, asking everybody she met, " Have you seen Lambert ?" (her husband's name)—that, of course, is nonsense. What, then, does it moan ? Here is "La stule veritable Chanson : Eh I Lambert 1' chant& au Caf6-Concert du XIXe Sieele," to be sold at sfr. the hundred, or 30fr. the thousand. What does it mean? The Malta Observer says :—A deliberate murder was committed on Tuesday last at the Floriana bar racks, near the parade ground, by a private of the Ist batta lion of the 22d Regiment, named John Burns. It appears that Sergeant Ludgate, of the same corps, had reported Burns for seine breach of regulation, which was punished with four days' drill; and the cowardly murderer took an opportunity on Tuesday afternoon, whilst the poor sergeant wan reposing on his bed, to fire at him with his rifle and kill him on the spot. The culprit was immediately arrested by the guard, and has been handed over to the civil autho rities for trial before H.M,'s Criminal Ccurt and a jury. After the holding of a medical inquest on the body of the murdered sergeant, his mortal remains were interred yes terday evening with military honours. The Extraordinary Trial for Murder in France. The La Bastide affair still continues to take up columns of the newspapers. On Monday considerable animation reigned in the precincts of the court, for it was reported that Jacques Latour had declared that something new was about to turn up. The prisoner had worked himself up into a great state of excitemeut, and had announced to Master Joffres, his defender, that "the day of glory has arrived I the sun is about to dissipate the darkness, and before the jury the accused is about to become accuser." When La tour entered the court he drew his notes from his pocket and smoothed his hair; his face had become contracted ; he was paler than usual, and could ill conceal his irritation. The evidence given on the previous day by several old fel low prisoners had greatly agitated him, and as they were giving their testimony he rose, then sat down, clenched his hands, and shook with his grasp the railing behind which ho was placed. At every moment he seemed as if he were about to spring upon the men brought forward to prove that they had seen the comb found upon the bed of the murdered Raymonde Berge in the possession of the accused. The Hercules, on the contrary, maintained his usual atti tude, sitting impassable with his arms crossed. Latour completely lost his temper, and declared he would no longer be defended, he had no confidence except in the members of the jury. He declared that the veil was about to be torn, and that already some of its rags had fallen. The prisoner then became furious; glancing round the court— " Yes," cried he, " I am innocent, and you, gentlemen of the jury, public minister and witnesses, are about to be as tonished with this drama, half comic, half tragic." The proceedings then continued, and several witnesses were called, who all testified that they had seen the comb pro duced by the Crown with Jaques Latour. Again the pri soner became violent, declaring that he had no confidence in the judge, that it was useless to go on, that he had bet ter be killed at once. At the order of the judge the police tried to force Latour to keep his seat, but as he continued to struggle and swear, it was decided that he should be sent back to prison, and that the trial should go on without him. This calmed Latour, who had no idea of not watching his own case, and he was permitted to remain. The principal points which it was then sought to prove were that the money found on the prisoner did not belong to him, that he spoke of the crime at Baillard, before it was known to the public, that he was in the neighbourhood on the night in question, that he was a man, however frail in appear ance, of great strength, that he smoked, and that his cha racter was generally bad. With regard to the last charge, Jean Ferrier, a gendarme, had a curious tale to tell related to him by Latour. " Jacques Latour," he said, " who had been shut up at Lentein, tried to make friends with me ; he confided to me that he was a clever robber, and had plun dered a cure of 1,000 francs. He got into the cure's house by pretending to be a pedlar selling handgeerchiefs. The cure would not buy any. Latour insisted, and finished by tempting the servant, to whom he gave for three francs a handkerchief that was worth six. The cure opened a cup board, and took from a purse the money to pay him. Latour resolved to appropriate it. In going away he remarked a place under the staircase where he could hide himself, and he crept into it. At night he stole out and lifted the latch of the cure's door. The latch made a little noise, and the cure, raising his head, said in a rage, That b-- of a ser vant has left the door open.' (Laughter.) Latour remained at the foot of the bed waiting till the cure went off again, when he opened the closet and took the purse." Latour called several witnesses in his favour, who declared he had a large sum of money before the murders at La Bas•• tide—that four men, strangers to the place, of suspicious mien, and wbo could give no account of themselves, had been seen in a wood near the chateau Baillard, and that one man had threatened a person who could be none other than M. Lassalle. The prosecution then commenced against Audouy, who tried hard to prove that on the night of the 25th (that of the murder) he slept at a certain house. The books of the house showed he did sleep there on that night, but then it was shown that the person who had entered the date had made a mistake, and that Audouy had only slept in the house on the night following. The Procurour Imperial then tried to prove that Audouy also had spoken of the assassination before it was generally known. Audouy in sisted that he was innocent. The president said, " You have, perhaps, been the instrument of men being in want of your strength. You would no doubt be culpable, but you would be less so than those who conceived and coldly hatched the crime. Your duty is to make known your Accomplices—justice will take your conduct into account.' d t ,Jouy replied " If there were a million of culpable per sons 1 would make them known if I knew them." Latour, at this in,!ication of weakness on the part of the prosecution, must have p;ucked up courage. On the next day the trial went on, and ,Audouy appears to have made a slip. He appealed to LatoQr on a point of no interest to say if he (Audouy) knew " ce..3 messieurs." President—Who ? ces messieurs ? Audouy—Latour. President—Aud who else? Come, a good movement— it concerns your head, Audouy —I can say nothing more. Later in the day a strange altercation ensued between Latour and Audouy, one prisoner examining the other, the latter bringing accusations against the former. Latour—But he thought he was there. Audouy (hesitating while Latour looked at him fixedly) I cloni say that Latour was there, only I beard every one speak ill of him, and say he was there. Then I said" Well, he might say X was there." Latour—Then he speaks like a parrot. _ _ Audouy then declared he had no confidence in Latour, and explained this by saying that he was a robber, though he never saw Latour steal. He believed all the ill spoken of him. Latour—Then if he believes that the witnesses have tes tified truly against me, he must also believe the charges brought against himself, and in that case he also is guilty. Latour, after this piece of logic, smiled, and sat down / „:eased with his reasoning. A t ,,.-louy (upset by this incident)—What do you wish me to say ; Do with me what you will. I have never known M. Latour. Put me in bits. lam innocent. (Frolonged sensation.) The Hercules was again exhorted to confess, but declared as before that he knew nothing. On the way back to prison a violent recrimination took place between the two accused. It is reported that Latour will make serious reve lations, which will fiiTow light upon the whole affdir, Murder in Worcestershire. Yesterday a man named John Butler, keeper of one of the navigation lOks on the River b' s wern at Holt Fleet, about six miles from Worcester, was locsed in Worcester county gaol on the coret; et's warrant charged with the wil ful murder of Catherine G uiliver, his housral - eeper. The accused is 62 years of age, and the deceased was about 44. The prisoner is the oldest servant of the Severn I,7lprove meat Commissioners, and had charge of the locks at Holt. Four years ago his wife died, and the deceased woman v, ent to live with him as his housekeeper, and there could be nO doubt that they lived together as man and wife. Some jealousy arose between them. On 0r;..0 occasion the prisoner threatened to drown the deceased, and elle had consequently appealed to the police, and the officer of the district had re monstrated with Butler, and cautioned him as to his con duct. On Saturday, the 13th inst., which was the last time the deceased was seen alive, she went to a neighbour's at ,half -past 11 at night, and said Butler had threa:ened to lock her Gut. She then proceeded towards Butler'e hc use, and cries were heard proceeding thence at about 12 o'clock, The deoeased was heard to say, "You --old scamp, you --- old villain." A lockman named Harris and his wife heart; this, and also a noise like the bloating of a sheep. TO noise at first appeared to proceed from between Butler's house and the lock (about 30ft distant), and gradually grew fainter. They did not interfere, thinking it was only an ordiary quarrel between the two. Mrs Gulliver was never seen atterwards alive, and when Butler was questioned about her be answered in a sullen manner, and evasively. The Harrises asked Butler on the Sunday if it was Mrs Gulliver that was bleeding at midnight, and he with some hesitation replied that it was. The neighbours do not appear to have had their suspicion aroused until three days had elapsed, when ru mours got abroad that Mrs Gulliver had been foully dealt with, The Rev. J. G. Rogers, the officiating clergy m an in the parish, visited Butler, and questioned him about her, but he made no answer to his inquiries beyond saying that he did not know where she was. This con firming the suspicion excited, Butler was on Wednes day taken into custody. When charged by the constable with the murder of the woman he made no remark beyond the worda, "Oh dear I Oh l" Oa the same day the body of the deceased was found about 20 yards below the lock in the Severn at Holt. Mr Burigny, surgeon, 0 mbersley, who examined the body of the deceased, deposed to the condition in which he found it. He believed death to have been caus ed partly by a blow am: partly by drowning. It was proved that the lock was full of water late on Saturday night, and that it appeared in the same state on Sunday morn ing. On Sunday the g ates were raised so as to pass water out of the lock into the river. A labouring man Knight proved that he saw the prisoner standing by the aide of the lock at half-past 5 o'clock on the Sunday morn ing. He was looking anxiously into the lock, and on seeing Knight he retired to his ho use, p ee p ed from the door, and watched him go away. The bonnet of the deceased, which had been torn from her head, was produced by the police, and the coroner having address ed the jury, they returned a verdict of wi lful murder against John Butler, who was ordingly committed fur trial. tICCO] VALUE OF LAND IN NORTH WALES.—Nlestas. Leifchild and Cheffins offered a further portion of the Mostyn estates at the Town-hall, ithyl, on Tuesday, the 16th. They comprised several fine farms, valuable accommodation lands, extensive woods and plantations, and nearly the entire an cient borough town of Caerwys, containing together about 2,200 acres. The estate was put up in one lot (though divided intd 128 lots in the particulars of sale) at £70,000, and, after a spirited competition, was knocked down at £85,000, including the timber, to Mr Hugh Jones, of Wood-street, Cheapside, who received the hearty congratulations of a very large company on his purchase. As a proof of the inadequate rentals at present received, we are authorised to state that 45 years' purchase was lealiserl at this sale,-- Cambrian Pally Leader, MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Our market is seasonably well supplied with me sf; de scriptions of fruit, but the show of vegetables is small. ,The trade, on the whole, is firm at annexed rates:— FRUIT. 8 . d. a. d. e. d. 4 1 Pine apples 5 oto 6 0 Mulbcrries,prpt 0 6to 0 7 Foreign do., each 0 9to 2 01 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Grapes,per lb 2 6to 5 0 I Foreign ditto, pun() oto 0 Foreign do 0 oto 0 0 i Filberts, per lb .. 0 Bto 1 0 Melons .. Nectarines, per dz 00to 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 00to 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 1 3to 2 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 ti Pears, per do , Oranges, per 100..8 oto 14 011'eaclies per d 0... 4 otolo 0 Lemons, per 100 4 oto 8 0, Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberries ht svei oto 0 () ' Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. GreenS, dz bunch 3 oto 4 0 Shallots, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 1 oto 1 9 Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 1 6 nd ditto 0 OSo 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 0 , Celery, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 0 9to 2 0 i Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoli sprouts Potatoes, per tonloo 0 tolso 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr cwt 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. o uto o c Turnips, dz bunch 3 oto 4 0 Artichokes, each o oto p 0 Carrots, pr do 4 oto 5 6 Cos lett, • score .. 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 4to 1 6' Mint and savory.. 0 oto u 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz 'lnds 0 oto o 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 0 0 too 0 , Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Wrench beans,h.s. 1 oto 2 0; Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bu 1 uto 2 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto o 0 New Do., dz bun 0 to 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Spinach . . 0 oto 0 0 ' Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Brussels sprouts 0 OSo 0 0, Seakale, per bun. 0 oto o 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od; geese, 4s Od to 6s Od each; goslings,R Cs Od to Os; ducks, 2s Od to 3s 6d; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to is 6d each; wild do., is to is Id ; pigeons, Os 5d to Os 8 d each; Surrey fowls* 8s Od to 12s 6d ; chickens, 6s Od to 8s Od; barn door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od; capons, Os Od; hares, 2s 6d to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od; woodcocks, Os to Os Od; snipes, 0d to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Od each ; guinea! fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is to is 2d ; English, is 2d to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 8s Od to Os Od • French do., Gs ed to Os Od per 100 ; leverets, is 6d to 4s Od ; grouse, 2s Od to 3s 6d. _ _ . _ BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is Od to is 6d ; trout, Od to Od ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb ; turbots, lOs Od to 30s ; cod, Os Od to Os Od ; brills, 2s Od to Os Od ; doreys, 2s 6d to lOs 0(1; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, 2s to 5s Od; crabs, 2s to 5s Od ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, is to 5s Od per pair; common oysters, 14s to 20s; natives, 74s to 80s per bush. ; whitings, Gs Od to 12s ; haddocks, 12s to 30s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, —s to —s per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 81 to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s Sd to 5s 4d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 28 10d to 4s 43; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 58 4d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4 , 3 6d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 61d to 7d , of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 31,d ; 641 b to 721 b, 31d to 3d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 4id ; 881 b to 961 b, 41d to sd; 961 b to 1041 b, —d to Od ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, lOs Od to lls Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; full, 7s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half-breds, —s Od to --s Od ; Downs, —s Od to —s Od; lambs, 3s 6d to 7s 6d; shearlings, 3s ld to 5s 6d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £6 lOs ; clover, £5 5s to £7 7s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. Trade very firm. CUMBERLAND.—MetyIow hay, £4 lOs to £6 lOs ; clover, £5 5s to £7 7s - and straw, £1 Ss to 14s per load. A very steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadowhay,£4 lOs to £6 13s ; clover, £5 5s to £7 7s ; and straw, £1 Si to £1 Hs per load. Inquiry very active. SHIPPING--THIS DAY, LONDON, Aug. 27.—Wind at noon, N.W., light breeze, and fine. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 26.—Jan Andraes, from Emden—Skeen, from Quebec—Eagle, from Algoa Bay—Kron Princess Louisa and the Maria, from Archangel—Fides from Hol back—Sturkodder and Garibaldi, from Gefle—Albertrus, from Libau—Queen. from St Petersburg—Delegate, from Charlotte Town—Harad Hiddetend, from Hernosand— Carl Forte—from Sitelleften. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Naparima, from Trinidad—W. A. - Roberts, from Porto Rico—Merle, from Barbadoes—all for London—Ada Latitia, from London, for Cape of Good Hope—Don, of Shields, from Shields, for St. John's—Seaton (es.), from Bordeaux, for Sunderland. From the report of the directors of the European Bank, to be presented to the meeting on Wednes day next, it appears that the gross profits for the nine months of its existence have reached the sum of £32,411 2s 7d, and that after deducting the expenses of management, providing for bad and doubtful debts, and rebating undue bills, the nett profits are £19,035 7a 4d. The directors have already paid an interim dividend of 15s per share, and they now propose an addition of 2s 6d per share, free of income-tax, thus making together rather more than 16 per cent. per annum on the mean capital worked during the nine months. By the terms of the amalgamation with the English and Irish Bank (Limited) the directors received a premium of £32,000. Oat of this sum they pur pose placing £21,393 10s. 10d. to a reserve fund, with a view to the total extinction of the preliminary expenses of both banks, the remaining sum of £10,606 9s. 2d. added to the balance of profits brought down, amounting together to £10,751 108, they propose to divide amongst the holders of shares in the European Bank prior to the amalgamation with the English and Irish Bank, by the addition of ten shillings to each share of £lO paid, thus giving a bonus of 5 per cent. on the capital stock of the shareholders. The amount paid on every such share will then be £lO 10s, and, by the completion of the amalgamation, the paid up capital of the B ank is raised to £400,000. NEW ItaLwiYa.—Mr E. Stanford, of Charing cross, has just published a map of London, which shows at a glance the new railway projects that have re ceived the sanction of Parliament during the session of 1864. The lines in operation, as well as those previously sanc tioned, are also clearly defined, together with a great many otter new schemes, such as the Albert Bridge and Ap prom:hes, Holborn Valley Improvement, Southwark Park, ComnieJcial, Docks, Thames Embankment, South London Ma r i te a t o tt the,e &c. The principal object of the ma p is to fm p u blic with the places in and around the a . metropolis affected by the new railways ; and most certainly the idea of Mr Stanford has been clearly and distinctly car ried out. By the aid of the map before us every person can, without the slightest trouble, trace the course of the new railways, as they are all indicated by a bright red line, which shows in a remarkably clear manner the direction taken. The map, like ~It those published by Mr Stanford, is exe c/Lod in the highcst style of art, while it is at the same time ,-emarkable for its accuracy. A N Tiptrinr OF lki:AN.—We some time ago gave an accoum: of certain observations made by MM. G arr igon and Tinsel on the characteristics which distin guish bones broke.' l longitudlu.ally in a fresh state from th o se broken when ai:eady d e p riv.'d of apart of their ani mal matter--the object of the ots's , rvers being to prove vith the remains of that the broken bones found together ~ the great pachydermata of the drift periesi, a rhad be ecent e paper n split in a fresh state by the hand of man. Irr . a ddressed to ;the Academy of Sciences, M. Zusson, one the most determine 4 adversaries o f the, opinion which supposes man to have exist ed durhi,T the the drift, describes one of his latest visits to grottoes of Sainte-Reine, near Toul, for the purpose Of examining certain ancient inscriptions said to exist in one of them, which has three issues communicating with the Grotto du Labyrinthe, and the Trou de la Fontaine. This cavern is not in its natural state, having been the quarry from which the materials for building the fortifications and two churches of the town were drawn, and it had not been revisited for centuries past. M. Musson found various. ob jects of comparatively modern date in it, such as, for in stance, an iron wedge nearly eaten through by rust, the bones of various domestic animals, ashes and cinders, kc. Further on, whe re the p ickaxe bad not penetrated, he found the remains of bears, and several bones split in two, which in his opinion hid not been so by the hand of man, but by the action of dampness and the con fined atmosphere. It would therefore remain to be seen whether the bones supposed by the former ob servers to have been broken by human beings present the same characteristics as thos e seen by M. Hueson. As for the inscriptions, some of t h e m turned out to be merely the marks of animals' claws; others were longitu dival and transversal strokes seemingly without any mean ing at all ; and lastly , Husson found the name " Christophe" cut in. So much for the antiquity of these inscriptions. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. —Early on Thursday morning a shock. ing and fatal accident happened to a man named John Waite, a driver on the Greet Northern Railway, residing in Doncaster. Jt app3ars that the men set off frcm Don caster with the 6 20 coal train for Peterborough, and having disposed of his load, was about returning, when he get ofl his engine to attend to a point. While at the point, from some cause or other he fell,was run over by the engine, and killed upon the suet. His injuries were of a most frightful nature. Ue has left a wife and 6x children to lament their I T 11 L Y ---- . -. TURIN, Aug. 26.—Within the last few days numerous arrests and domiciliary visits have been made in the Venetian Provinces and at Trent in the Tyrol. ' The police authorities are very active. Great alarm exists amongst the population. The Opinions denies the rumour that a marriage has been arranged between Prince Humbert and Princess Murat. The submersion of the telegraphic cable between Otranto and Valona has commenced. London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. GEORGE BROWNE. A meeting, attended by the heads of the various depart meats of the London, Chatham, and Dover Raiiway, and by most of the station masters on the line, was held on Thursday at the office of Mr Forbes, the general manage r , for the purpose of presenting t o th e goods manager, M ; George - Browne, a testimonial on th e occasion of his leaving the service. The testimonial w as i n the form of a very handsomesilvar tea service, elegan t l y chased, and a broo c h of solid gold, having in the contrea star o f di amonds and pearls, for Mrs Browne. 'file silver bore the following inscription : " Presented to Mr George Browne, by the officers and men of the Loudon, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com pany, on his resigning the office of goods' manager, which he had held since May, 1861, as a slight testimony of' their high esteem and cordial' regard for him, and rernel_u braairnr rsh, branco of i th d e kin dness and courtesy which had invaria'oly 3 kindness engteernecoruarser them . manager, in in pAreusgeunsttin2gl,thltoif_i.l.' chac F te o r ß s ß e tes timonial, said they knew the object of the gathering, and the occasion must be interesting to them all—it was to show their esteem for a gentleman who had becti the brother officer, or the superior officer, and who had discharged diffi cult and of those present, important duties. Whether they acted with him as au equal, or under him they could not fail to see the adva ntage, of having in his position such a man as Mr Browne. To some of t h em he (Mr F or b es ) h a d peri o d h e h a d waskno ara w c n om hi p mfo ti r ve 2 l 3 y y a ea s r t s r , an an ge d r ü b r u in t g h tehat proved himself a kind and censistent officer. (geer, hear.) One naturally felt satisfaction at finding en old oi friend improving his fortunes, but he could not disgui se that there was some alloy mixed with his pleasure on this occasion, in the shape of the extreme regret which. he felt in parting with so valuable and worthy an offi cer. He was quite sure that all Mr Browne's friends we old desire kindly to remember Mrs Browne, and the delica te recollection of her shown, by adding a brooch to the Testi monial, would, be was sure, meet with the concurrence of all present. Mr Browne left them with a lively recollection on their part of his kindness, and a sincere desire that his future might be as succesful as he or his best friends could wish. (Cheers.) Mr BROWNE then responded, and said he could hardly adequately express his feelings or thanks for the magnifi cent present that his brother officers had just made him. It gave him great satisfaction to feel that during the short period ho had been amongst them he had won their esteem. He owed it to having followed the golden maxim of 'Him, who knew their nature better than themselves, and who said, " Do unto others as you would be done by." Ho had much to thank his fellow officers and those under him, for they had always lent him every assistance in performing his duties ; and carricd out, if not anticipated, his every wish. He should always look with interest on the London, Chatham, and Dover line, for which ho be• lieved there was a bright future.. Turning from himself to the present to his wife, if they knew the feeling of pleasure it would give him when ho presented that elegant bro oc h to Mrs Browne, they would envy him. He was sure she would prizs it very highly, not so touch for its value 'as for the associations connected with it (Cheers.) Wine having been introduced, the health of Mr arid Mra Browne was enthusiastically drunk. Mr M. B, SMITH then proposed the health of their gene ral manager, Mr Forbes. He briefly stated that in him every officer on the line had a friend who would support them when they did their duty honestly and conscien tiously. Referring to Mr Browne's departure, he re minded those present that that gentleman left behind him the legacy of the force of his example, the value of which they could not over-estimate, and, speaking of him, he could not do better than quote a few lines from Long fellow's poem : Lives of good men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime ; And departing leave behind us Footprints in the sand of time. Footprints that, perhaps, another Sailing o'er life's solemn main A forlorn and shipwrecked brother Seeing may take heart again. Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still purr uing, Learn to labour and to wait." Mr Mortimer Harris, the assistant mauager, briefly re turned thanks on behalf of the manager, and subsequently the healths of Messrs. Harris, W. Martley, J. Bishop, W. Mills, W. E. Johnson, heads of various departments, and Mr E. W. Brooke, assistant secretary, were drunk, and the meeting separated. LONDON GAZETTE--Last Evening, WAR OFFICE, AUG. 26. MEMORANDUM.—Capt. John Fane Charles Hamilton, of the Royal Navy, late in command of her Majesty's ship Esk, would have been recommended to her Majesty fur the distinction of Companion of the Military Division of the Order of the Bath, had he survived the operations in which he was engaged in New Zealand. FOREIGN OFFICE, AUG. 23. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Dauzat Dembarrere as Consul at Gibraltar, and M. Ernest lieritte as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope, for his Majesty the Emperor of the French. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Jose Sanchez Bazsn as Consul, and Don Carlos Chacon as Vice Consul, at Glasgow, for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : Alfred Thwaites, jeweller, Clukenwell George E. Parham, dealer in timber, Lydlinch John Thompson, innkeeper, Pudsey William Thomson, draper, Rochdale Charles John Chambers, commission agent, Manchester John Forrester, miller, Penrith Robert Woodward, dairyman, Islington Edwin 'leaven, builder, Islington William Dean, upholsterer, Tuttenham•court-road William Wilson, saddler, Stepney Charles Marshall, butcher, Paddington Job Cox, innkeeper, Bedford Samuel Good, furniture broker, Newport John Rodgerson, shipbuilder, Sunderland Robert Atkinson, potato dealer, East Retford James Ward, glass and china dealer, Liverpool Charles D. Butt, mining agent Liverpool Adam Thomson, draper, Rochdale BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Thomas Mills, glass stainer, 18S, Marylebone-road Jas. Stanford, boot and shoe maker, Burlington-arcade Michael Jordein, gentleman, 2, Stafford. street, Bond-st. SCOTCII BA.NIiItUPTS. John Greenhorn, lime merchant, Braehead John Wallace, publican, Muirkirk Adam Dunn, muslin warehouseman, Glasgow Moore and Bair,3 wrights, Glasgow. Walter Peacock, innkeeper, Lennoxtown John Nicholson, farmer, Dunscore John Forrester, plasterer, Glasgow Course of Exchange,--Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 1 12 11 Antwerp ..... 25 65 25 70 Brussels — 25 65 25 70 Hamburg it Paris ... . Short. 25 25 25 321 Ditto Marseilles — 25 65 , 25 724- Frankfort on Maine — 1201 120 % Vienna Trieste Petersburgh —. 31 3U t Berlin — Madrid 1 Cadiz T..eghorn isilen .... Gem' a Naples .......• t P i a s ie so r ian a mo .. .... .. . .... Oporto 47,1 474 471 486 25 75 2h 85 25 77i 25 82f 25 771 25 524 25 80 25 85 25 80 25 85 25 80 25 85 sia 51t 618 the British Thursdcaoyn., a s t l frome T H E ENGLISHIC,'N DROWNED AT DIEPPE. _,..A ni bb a l g a e ,8 receiver;E sq.,chief Lir' in Newc astle b t e y le j g . r s a a sul at Dieppe, conveying the at, d intelligence that Mr Ralph Young, a chemist, belonging to INeweastle-upon-Tyne, had been accidentally drowned at that hurt on Wednesday, and that the body would be interred on Friday. Mr Sabbage at once communicated with Messrs Clilvin and Co.,oheraistst of Pilgrim-street, in whose service the deceased had been for a number of years, having served his apprentice ship with that firm, and latterly acted i n the capacity of assistant. Information was also inanediately forwarded to the deceased's sister, who resides at .I.3riaton. Mr Young was 28 years of age, an orphan, an d a 8011 of the late Rev. Wm. Young, of Si erra Leone, A f r i c a. 1 - 1.0 had been spend ing his annual h o lid ay t r ip, having l e ft Newcastle about a fortnight ago for Paris, and was re turning home , via Dieppe , when the d e pl ora bl e accident betel him which terminated \. his existene:t.--.Newcastle Journal. _FATAL ACCIDENT os 13o.utp Slur .-0a Thurs day Allred Reid, aged 14, was on boa: d tile liebe schooner at t h e Custom -house Quay. While the crew were employed in raising aurae casks from the hold, suddenly one of the links of the chain gave way, and a cask fell on the head of the unfortunate youth, who was standing underneath, knocliing him down and fracturing his skull so extensively that he almost immediately expired,